Zahina Maghrabi

Zahina Maghrabi is a writer based in Perth and graduated from UWA in 2024 with a Bachelor in English and Literary Studies. This year, she is studying her Master of Teaching (Secondary) at ECU, hoping to inspire and empower young people through the power of storytelling and literacy. In 2024, Zahina’s manuscript, ‘The Girl, The Calico and The Soldier,’ was selected for the Centre for Stories Early Career fellowship, where she worked to polish it, and was provided a manuscript assessment and edited by Accredited Editor, Camha Pham. Zahina has written for publications such as SBS Voices, contributing a personal memoir titled, ‘The Eid Stories that Live in my Mother’s Clothes,’ and AMALIAH, an online UK based publication where she published, ‘How I found Comfort in Community and the Transformative Space of an Experience.’ Zahina has also been published in Australian Poetry Journal in 2024, which published her award-winning poem, ‘The Artist’s Message,’ that won a bronze medal at the National Youth Poetry Slam in 2023. Zahina is passionate about writing on issues centering around human rights issues, cultural identity and faith.